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Ancient and Monkarny Democracy Lecture Summary
A 1871 Freeport lecture recounts ancient Attic democracy and its decline, tracing origins in Attica and Athens from a limited monarchy to a radical democracy under Pericles. It contrasts religious influence, education, and law with later corruption, demagoguery, and war. It links ancient lessons to the American republic, warning of slavery’s corrosive effects and urging vigilance to preserve liberty.
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Cerops
Troy
Attica
Greece
Henes
Hermopylw
Athens
Phoenecia
Republic of Athens
Xerxes
Persia
Rome
Rhode Island
Demosthenes
Phidias
Europe
Theseus
Themistocles
Aristides
Grecian Confederacy
Miltiades
Pericles
Asia
Senate
Areopagus
Belvasions
Cato
Brutus
Free States